March 28-April 1
Next week in kindergarten...

Reading
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash
*Spring stories and word charts
*counting syllables
*phoneme substitution
*categorizing and classifying
*creating writing and illustrating class stories
*blending short e words
*building sentences
Phonics Reader-Pig Can Get Wet


Math
Money
*sorting, identifying and counting coins
*vocabulary-penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
*interactive story-Miss Flamingo Spends!

BibleThe wise man builds his house upon the rock
*Matthew 7:24-27
*Target Truth-We need to learn to build our lives on the rock, Christ Jesus
                     -Faith

Lunchbunch
* rhyming review
*number bingo
*smartboard reading and math games
*Spring art activities

Monday, March 21, 2011March 21 - 25


Welcome Back!! Spring has sprung! Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. We will continue with Miss Wishy Washy, acting out the story, a little yummy mud writing and recreating the book. We will also learn some lessons from our friends "The Tortoise and the Hare".

This week...

- first, next, then and last parts of the story

- creative writing

- rotation tubs with reading and math

- he, she, me and we (understanding and illustrating)

- adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting

- writing 1 - 100

- counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

- short vowel review

*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night. Review sight words and word families. Practice for instant recognition.*

Dates To Remember:

April 4 - 8 ITBS Testing

April 22 Good Friday Holiday

Have you ever eaten a Purple Cow? Well, we enjoyed making and eating one today! Ask us about the recipe!
Next week will be a week of fun with Mrs. Wishy-Washy… mud, mud, and more mud!
We will be involved with:
-creative writing
- science experiments centered around mud
- mud math with animal crackers (adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting)
- graphing favorite characters
- creative writing
- reading, re-reading, retelling, and acting out Mrs. Wishy-Washy-- characters, setting, beginning, middle, and ending parts of story

*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night. Review sight words and word families. Practice for instant recognition.*

Dates To Remember:
March 11 - Science Fest
March 14 - 18 - Spring Break
Kindergarten is a messy business....especially when we are working with "Oh Lovely Mud"!


Wendy Hallford
Kindergarten
Trinity Presbyterian School